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DOT Found to Meet Highest Standard of Financial Accountability with Tenth Consecutive Clean Audit Opinion
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that independent auditors have awarded the agency top marks for financial accountability for the tenth consecutive year....
BTS Statistics Release: September 2016 Passenger Airline Employment Data
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 4.3 percent more workers in September 2016 than in September 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)...
FMCSA Declares Connecticut Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Connecticut-licensed truck driver Allen R. Johnson, Sr. to be an imminent...
United Airlines Redacted Animal Incident Report for September 2016
United Airlines Redacted Animal Incident Report for September 2016
Flight Cancellations at All-Time Lows; New Discrimination Data Available
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s monthly Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) released today states that reporting carriers canceled 0.3 percent of their scheduled...
NHTSA Sets “Quiet Car” Safety Standard to Protect Pedestrians
New requirement of audible alert will help prevent 2,400 pedestrian injuries a year
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety...